Drone view over turquoise Top End flats

Top End NT  /  Since 2011

Gallery

Fifteen years of Top End fishing. Every photo taken on a Barefoot trip.

Drone shot of tidal creeks winding through green flats
Mud crab showing its claws before going in the pot
Glenn "Watty" Watt cradling a solid barramundi against the pandanus
Angler with a saratoga on the Mary River, Northern Territory
A kid waving from the boat with a barra on the deck
Two anglers with a pair of barramundi on clear water
Vivid red emperor from the deeper water
Close-up of a saltwater crocodile resting in the shallows
A fly still hooked in the jaw of a freshly landed mangrove jack
Saratoga held up on the deck
Two girls showing the boys how it’s done with a pair of nice barramundi off the flats
Triple hook-up — three anglers with good giant trevally at Bynoe Harbour
Big cobia lifted from the bluewater
The Barefoot boat sitting on the flats at low tide
Barra flies laid out on the deck
Fly angler lifting a barramundi clear of the water in Bynoe Harbour, rod still loaded
Young angler holding a king threadfin salmon boatside during the run-off
Angler with a big silver barra caught off the flats
Longtail tuna held across the gunwale
Aerial of the Barefoot boat tucked against a mangrove edge
A pair of heavy mud crab claws
Grinning angler with a thick-shouldered barra in the boat
Golden barramundi held across both arms in the boat
Angler in sunglasses holding a barramundi on the flats
Giant trevally held up on the bluewater
Queenfish held out over blue water
A big Top End mud crab held up in the boat
The boat’s wake running out behind at sunset
Saratoga held low over the water before release
The girls showing the lads how it’s done on the flats — a pair of nice barramundi from clean shallow water
Three mates laughing behind a big barramundi
Spanish mackerel held up in the boat
Saltwater crocodile hauled out on a log above the water
Two soft plastic jerk shads rigged weedless — Watty always trying new rigging tricks to draw a bite
Angler with a broad silver barra on a bright dry-season day
Barra held up against the mangrove wall
Four mates crowded round a big barra on the front deck
Fly angler with a golden trevally on the flats
Drone view of the boat on glassy water at the mangrove line
A tray of tropical saltwater flies tied for barra and pelagics
Glenn "Watty" Watt with a saratoga, taken casting flies in the lily pads
Angler with a deep-bodied golden barra
Angler bracing against a queenfish caught on the fly
Giant trevally boatside in the sun, caught on fly

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